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- Departing Delaware Bay in late July, Dispatch was intercepted by British warships. Following his instructions, Captain Parker threw the weighted diplomatic letters overboard before being captured. This is believed to be the first U.S. diplomatic courier trip, and Captain Parker was the first American courier.
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1776: First American Courier. On July 10, 1776, four days after the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed, the Continental Congress commissions the fi rst diplomatic courier, Captain Peter Parker, as commander of the U.S. sailing brig Dispatch to carry sensitive correspondence to France.
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Apr 26, 2024 · U.S. Diplomatic Couriers: Before the Jet Age Synopsis In the 1950s, before the onset of the Jet Age, U.S. diplomatic couriers often spent days traveling from one post to another in order to deliver the diplomatic mail to U.S. Embassies and Consulates.
Apr 29, 2024 · 23:32. Creator. Rebecca A. Ross, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State. Transcript. NARRATOR: In 1918, the Diplomatic Courier Service was established to support the work of American diplomats by ensuring that classified messages and materials were delivered safely and securely to U.S. embassies and consulates around the world.
Departing Delaware Bay in late July, Dispatch was intercepted by British warships. Following his instructions, Captain Parker threw the weighted diplomatic letters overboard before being captured. This is believed to be the first U.S. diplomatic courier trip, and Captain Parker was the first American courier.
The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 [1] until October 22, 1966. [2] . By the 1930s, the Courier was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States. [3] [4] It was acquired in 1965 by John H. Sengstacke, a major black publisher and owner of the Chicago Defender.
In 1966, John H. Sengstacke purchased the newspaper and renamed it the New Pittsburgh Courier. It became part of Sengstacke Newspapers (now Real Times Media), which also includes the Chicago Defender, Michigan Chronicle, Atlanta Tribune and Atlanta Daily World.
The Double V campaign, initiated by the Pittsburgh Courier from February 1942, was a drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II. The idea of the Double V originated from a letter written by James G. Thompson on January 31, 1942.
